SATURDAY
The Russians have won anstubborn' fight in the Lupkow Pass, in the Carpathians' taking 1000 prisoners. Austria, according to a British military observer, is being smashed into a second-class military power, thus leaving the bulk of the . Russian forces free to meet Germany's desperate offensive movements. A violent German bombardment of the allied, positions at Nieuport, on the Belgian coast, and on the banks of the Yser, has been commenced.r The allies' artillery has replied with v good effect. In a British assault on a German entrenchment between La Bassee and FestuBert, in France, "the Germans lost 1000 killed and wounded, while the British casualties were under 100. There has been an imposing procession in Padua in favour of . Italy joining in the war on the side of the allies.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 February 1915, Page 3
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131SATURDAY Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 February 1915, Page 3
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